Dwarakish

Bungle Shama Rao Dwarakanath (born 19 August 1942), better known as Dwarakish (/ˈdwɑːrkɪʃ/ DWAR-kish),[3] is an Indian actor, director and producer in the Kannada film industry. He was given the name Dwarakish by Kannada film maker C. V. Shivashankar.

Dwarakish
Born
Bungle Shama Rao Dwarakanath[1]

(1942-08-19) 19 August 1942[2]
OccupationActor, director, producer, screenwriter
Years active1963–present
Spouse(s)Ambuja, and Shylaja
ChildrenFive
RelativesHunsur Krishnamurthy (uncle)
H. R. Bhargava (brother-in-law)

Early life

Dwarakish was born on 19 August 1942. He grew up in Ittigegud, Mysore. He received his primary education in Sharada Vilas and Banumaiah's school, and he graduated from CPC Polytechnic with a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering.[4] After completing his education, Dwarakish and his brother started an automotive spare-parts business called "Bharath Auto Spares" in Gandhi Square, Mysore.[4] He was strongly attracted to acting and often asked his maternal uncle, a famous cinema director Hunusur Krishnamurthy, to give him a chance to act in movies. In 1963, he decided to quit business and start acting in movies.[4]

Film career

In 1966, Dwarakish produced his first film Mamateya Bandhana.[2] In 1969, he independently produced Mayor Muthanna, under the banner of "Dwaraka Films". Dr.Rajkumar and Bharathi played the lead roles in this movie.[5] After Mayor Muthanna, Dwarakish gave a series of box office successes to Kannada cinema, one after the other for the next two decades.[6]

Director

From the year 1985, Dwarakish started directing movies; his first movie as a director was Nee Bareda Kadambari. He went on to direct movies for other producers. Behind the camera, Dwarakish was successful.[2] As a director, he created movies such as Dance Raja Dance, Nee Bareda Kadambari, Shruthi, Shruthi Haakidha Hejje, Rayaru Bandaru Mavana Manege and Kilaadigalu

Dwarakish Chitra faced problems after the failure of some movies. With huge losses from box office failures, Dwarakish was written off by his own colleagues and the entire film industry. Despite failures, Dwarakish did not despair. He continued to make movies introducing new faces to Kannada cinema.[2]

As a producer, he has brought many new people to the cinema. Not only actors and actresses—he has given opportunities to new directors and other technicians. They all consider him to be their "Godfather". The support of these people, and his unwavering dedication to cinema, gave Dwarakish his long-awaited moment of success. Dwarakish produced Apthamitra in the year 2004. Apthamitra was a magnificent success.[5]

Actor

As an actor, he was often typecast as a comedian. But some of his movies were comic action movies, also starring the actor Vishnuvardhan. He is popularly called "Kulla" (meaning a short man) in Kannada. He was the first producer to shoot a Kannada film outside India. The film was Singapoorinalli Raja Kulla. It was a milestone in the history of Kannada cinema. He has in total produced 50 Kannada films and acted in more than 300 films.

He was the first Kannada producer to bring Kishore Kumar to the Kannada film Industry and the song Aadu Aata Aadu became extremely popular.[2]

Records and awards

Produced First Kannada movie to be shot outside India. Apthamitra created records in Kannada Cinema. It was the first Kannada movie to celebrate screening for one year in two theatres, at Santosh in Bangalore and at Ranajith in Mysore and was the first Kannada movie to successfully complete one year of screening with four shows daily.[2]

Filmography

As director and producer

Year Film Credited as Language Notes
Director Producer
1966Mamatheya BandhanaNYKannada
1969Mayor MuthannaNYKannada
1972Kulla Agent 000NYKannadaBased on Danish movie Operation Love Birds (Slå først, Frede!)/(Strike First Freddy)
1973Cowboy KullaNYKannada
1977BhagyavantharuNYKannadaRemake - Dheerga Sumangali - Tamil
1977Kittu PuttuNYKannadaRemake - Anubavi Raja Anubavi - Tamil
1978Singaporenalli Raja KullaNYKannada
1979Preethi Madu Thamashe NoduNYKannadaRemake - Kadhalikka Neramillai - Tamil
1980Kulla KulliNYKannada
1980Manku ThimmaNYKannadaRemake - Mastana - Hindi
1981Guru ShishyaruNYKannadaRemake - Paramanandayya Sishyula Katha - Telugu
1981Mane Mane KatheNYKannadaRemake - Ramayanamlo Pidakala Veta - Telugu
1982Pedda GeddaNYKannada
1982AdrushtavanthaNYKannadaRemake - Evariki Vaare Yamuna Theere - Telugu
1982Nyaya EllideNYKannadaRemake - Sattam Oru Iruttarai - Tamil
1983Gedda MagaNYKannadaRemake - Moondru Mugam - Tamil
1983Ananda BhairaviNYKannada
1983Adutha VarisuNYTamilRemake - Raja Jani - Hindi
1984Prachanda KullaNYKannada
1984Police PapannaNYKannadaRemake - Police Papanna - Telugu
1984Indina RamayanaNYKannadaRemake - Oorukku Upadesam - Tamil
1984GangvaaNYHindiRemake - Malaiyoor Mambattiyan - Tamil
1985Nee Bareda KadambariYYKannadaRemake - Pyaar Jhukta Nahin - Hindi
1985Nee Thanda KanikeYYKannadaRemake - Sharaabi - Hindi
1985Madhuve Madu Tamashe NoduNYKannadaRemake - Dowry Kalyanam - Tamil
1985Brahma GantuNYKannadaRemake - Gopurangal Saivathillai - Tamil
1986Naan Adimai IllaiYYTamilRemake - Pyaar Jhukta Nahin - Hindi
1986Africadalli SheelaYYKannada
1986Kizhakku Africavil SheelaYYTamilRemake - Africadalli Sheela
1987SheelaNYHindiRemake - Africadalli Sheela
1987Dance Raja DanceYYKannada
1987Onde Goodina HakkigaluNYKannadaRemake - Samsaram Adhu Minsaram - Tamil
1987Ravana RajyaNYKannadaRemake - Ankush - Hindi
1988Ganda Mane MakkaluNYKannadaRemake - Veedu Manaivi Makkal - Tamil
1989Jai KarnatakaYYKannadaRemake - Mr. India - Hindi
1989Krishna Nee KunidagaYYKannada
1990ShruthiYYKannadaRemake - Pudhu Vasantham - Tamil
1991Gowri KalyanaYYKannadaRemake - Thooral Ninnu Pochu - Tamil
1992Hosa Kalla Hale KullaYYKannada
1993Rayaru Bandaru Mavana ManegeYNKannadaRemake - Chithram -Malayalam
1994RasikaYNKannadaRemake - Senthamizh Paattu - Tamil
1994KiladigaluYNKannada
1995KidnapYYKannada
1995Giddu DadaYNKannadaBased on Victoria No. 203
1996Hrudaya KallaruYYKannada
1997Shruthi Hakida HejjeYNKannada
2001MajanuYYKannadaRemake - Love Today - Tamil
2005AapthamitraNYKannadaRemake - Manichitrathazhu - Malayalam
2011VishnuvardhanaNYKannadaReported to be based on Handphone[7]
Remade in Bengali as Bachchan
2012ChaarulathaNYTamil, Kannada, [ Telugu], [ Malayalam]Remake - Thai horror film - Alone
2015AatagaraNYKannadaBased on Agatha Christie's mystery novel And Then There Were None
2017ChowkaNYKannadaNominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Film – Kannada at the 65th Filmfare Awards South
2018Amma I Love YouNYKannadaRemake - Tamil - Pichaikkaran
2019AayushmanbhavaNYKannada

As actor

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References

  1. "Dwarakish takes a trip down memory lane". News18. 11 August 2011. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  2. Khajane, Muralidhara (17 August 2017). "Packing in the power". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 10 March 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  3. "Senior Actor Dwarakish Condoles Death Of C K Jaffer Sharief & Rebel Star Ambareesh". Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  4. Correspondent, Staff (11 August 2011). "Passion helped him taste success in cinema world". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  5. "Welcome to Sify.com". Sify.com. Archived from the original on 14 October 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  6. "Kannadigas didn't recognize me - Dwarakish". Mid Day. 10 July 1983. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  7. "Bypassing copycats, Sandalwood style - Bangalore Mirror -". Bangaloremirror.com. Archived from the original on 9 October 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2017.

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